As of today. users who search on Blekko for things like Kale Chips or Grilled Fennel will tap into the Foodily community’s curation for foodie-related slashtags like /recipe /nocarbs or /glutenfree, providing people with a curated result as well as insight into what recipes their friends like using Blekko’s slashtag technology and Facebook integration.

“Foodily’s mission is to help everyone find the food they want and love, and share it with their social circle. We’re excited to play a role in helping Blekko searchers find great resources on food, cooking and recipes,” said Foodily CEO Andrea Cutright, in a release.

Funded to the tune of $24 million by Ron Conway, Mike Maples, Marc Andreesen and others, Blekko currently has over a 100K slashtags, aiming to provide users with a more relevant search experience. Narrowly targeting vertical search by partnering up with interest-based communities is an interesting strategy, as indeed there are sometimes riches in niches.

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OverviewBlekko is a search company founded by Rich Skrenta and his core team from previous company Topix and Netscape's Open Directory. Blekko was founded halfway through 2007 and has already earned itself an angel round from Baseline Ventures and two ex-Googlers.

OverviewFoodily offers a new way to search for recipes so you can easily browse through the broadest selection of recipes online "from big name chefs to up and coming bloggers" and zero in on the ones that are right for you. Foodily makes it their business to understand things like cook time, calories, and ingredients (even those that can fight cancer!) so that refining a search on any criteria is, …